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In
Out of Oakland, Sean L. Malloy explores the evolving internationalism of the Black Panther Party. He traces the shifting intersections between the black freedom struggle in the United States, Third World anticolonialism, and the Cold War.
List of contents
Introduction: "Theory with No Practice Ain't Shit"1. "Every Brother on a Rooftop Can Quote Fanon": Black Internationalism, 1955-19662. "Army 45 Will Stop All Jive": Origins and Early Operations of the BPP, 1966-19673. "We're Relating Right Now to the Third World": Creating an Anticolonial Vernacular, 1967-19684. "I Prefer Panthers to Pigs": Transnational and International Connections, 1968-19695. "Juche, Baby, All the Way": Cuba, Algeria, and the Asian Strategy, 1969-19706. "Gangster Cigarettes" and "Revolutionary Intercommunalism": Diverging Directions in Oakland and Algiers, 1970-19717. "Cosmopolitan Guerrillas": The International Section and the RPCN, 1971-19738. The Panthers in Winter, 1971-1981Epilogue: "Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us": From Oakland to Ferguson
About the author
Sean L. Malloy is Associate Professor of History/Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of
Out of Oakland: Black Panther Party Internationalism during the Cold War and
Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb against Japan, both from Cornell.
Summary
In Out of Oakland, Sean L. Malloy explores the evolving internationalism of the Black Panther Party. He traces the shifting intersections between the black freedom struggle in the United States, Third World anticolonialism, and the Cold War.
